Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA) In The News

Consumers spent over $2bn in the UK record industry in 2021, but streaming spending growth continued to slow

UK consumers spent £1.68 billion (approx. $2.25bn) on recorded music in 2021 across physical and digital sales, plus subscription streaming. The market’s total recorded music spend in 2021 represented YoY growth of 8.7%, or £133.7 million ($179m) versus 2020. That’s according to figures released today (March 1) by the UK’s Entertainment Retailers Association, in its … Continued

Analysis Blog

Why the streaming revolution is unfinished business

The following MBW op/ed comes from Kim Bayley, CEO of the UK's Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA)

Analysis

The brakes have been slammed on audio streaming’s growth in the UK. Is the US next?

Stat Of The Week: Latest BPI numbers show that UK market's streaming volume growth shrunk considerably last year versus 2020

Analysis Blog

What can music learn from the rise and rise of the video games business?

Kim Bayley, the CEO of the UK's Entertainment Retailers Association, shares her thoughts

News

Hipgnosis buys catalog from Grammy-winning producer Andy Wallace

Acquisition includes 100% of his Producer, Mixer and Performance royalties

News

Azi Eftekhari elected new Chair of UK’s Entertainment Retailers Association

Eftekhari takes over from James Morton of Sky

Analysis

UK record industry nears $2bn in pandemic-hit 2020 – but streaming growth slows significantly

Subscription streaming pulls in over $1.5bn in retail revenue alone, according to ERA figures

Analysis

Audio streaming volume grew by its biggest EVER amount in the UK in 2020, as Brits turned to music during pandemic lockdown

But it was a less good year for CD albums, with sales down by nearly a third on 2019